Plant Your Flag

Join Jake Bension as he interviews Maya Woolfolk on the importance of investing in yourself to help ensure your success on the journey to making your dreams a reality!

Our strengths and weaknesses are a part of us, but if we can't escape them, how can we make better use of them in our daily lives? Jake and I use a bunch of garden analogies to provide some insight as to how you can begin knowing yourself at a deeper level.

We have discussed what intention is and why it is important, how we go about finding our motivation, but now we look into what we need to do: Take action. Intention and action are the same thing. We need to always search for our "IN" from our intentions so we can move in the direction we want.

We continue on with our topic of intention. How do we determine what needs to be done first in our lives? How is it that some people find incredible motivation and often we are left in the dust? We talk about how we might tap into the magic with honest feedback and start our own stories.

Often times, we just see cause and effect living, action then consequence, over and over. But what inspires us? What keeps us going? I believe that's where intention comes in. We are excited to deliver the first part of our ongoing curiosity with intention. What is it? In our humble experience, intention seems to be the bridge that connects the happiness we can feel now with the flourishing that we experience in the future. Aspire to Inspire Greatness.

I talk a little bit about my journey and how it relates to Greg Pestinger's upcoming book, "Road to Purpose". Although we all have unique paths towards our goals, we share a common progression. One way of reducing this universal truth is: Knowing ourselves, Loving ourselves, then Being ourselves. I believe it is another valuable way of looking at how we grow and live happier lives.

I sit down with a good friend and coworker and we talk about how something we value dearly, connection, has been disrupted by this quarantine. Hopefully we don't have to suffer much longer as a people, but going forward, we talk about some tips at home and how to stay on top out there.

Of all the books I have read and philosophies that I have subscribed to in the past, not many have surpassed that of embracing simplicity. That is the focus of this spring as we start to get into the swing of things and life seems to get a little more complicated. Just take a step back and be simple.

We build on last episode's "Art of Listening" and take it a step forward. To action. How are we able to step in and mold a conversation to be positive, proactive and productive? That is the focus of this episode. Stay locked in for our next series coming up.

I discuss my pitfalls and remind everybody that we have potential to change the way we do anything. Listening is probably the single most effective communication skill we can develop. Listening allows us to understand every relationship in our life and move to improve it. From dating to networking to family drama, how we listen matters. So let's give it the respect it deserves. On the podcast, we talk about how sailing or the revolutionary war has anything to do with listening.

First, a reminder of where this podcast is coming from. And also how do I relate winning the revolutionary war and being a good sailor to being a good communicator? In this episode we talk about why it is important to listen and skillfully rethink how we approach conversations with the people we care about and the high value relationships we create in our businesses.

FocalPoint Coach, professional speaker, and total rockstar Laura Leaton and I discuss what leadership looks like and how to practice it. We have to agree to drop the books and start learning from the people around us and perhaps we find who we are as a leader along the way. We take this big word "leader" out of its mystic and supernatural pretense and try to talk about it in the way that makes sense to us and the people we impact.

I think, therefore I am. Remember when we used to think more of ourselves? Also, remember when we used to grow up on a farm? I talk about the importance of our thoughts, our environment and how that is all in your control.

Today I talk a little about why creating metrics for your life helps you measure, calibrate, and catalyst the things that you are trying to do. The goals that you want to achieve and I talk loosely on industrial egg farming.

Jon and Jake try their best to introduce themselves and preview a little of what is to come of these podcasts. They share some of their passion for going into the field of training and development and introduce people that played a key role along the way.

I finally sit down with Greg and we talk about our favorite topics like mentorship, helping others and making an impact where you are with what you have. How you are able to interact with people is the most important skill of anyone today whatever profession we chose to help others and solve problems with. So we talk a little about the dynamics and, well, just hang out.